Excellent experience: fascinating visit to Knossos with an experienced guide who is knowledgeable about the site, followed by a free half-day in Heraklion. In the afternoon we opted for an in-depth visit to the archaeological museum at our own pace followed by a snack and a coffee in its garden. It was also possible to take advantage of a guided tour of the museum in one hour or to spend the whole afternoon as one pleased in town. In short, a culturally rich excursion that each participant can "customize" according to their interests and desires.
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Rochelle E
June 3, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Good opportunity to see some sights
We went on this trip from Rethymnon beach to Knossos palace and then on to Heraklion city. The tour operator was super organised, we had our exact pickup time confirmed the morning before we went (8.30am) and the tour guides were lovely and very well educated on the history of Crete and Greece. It was around a 1.5hr from pickup to get to the first stop, and then 15mins onto the city and around 2hrs back when we were leaving at 5pm.
Knossos palace itself was quite crowded with lots of guided tour groups which made it quite slow and difficult to move around. It was a nice historical spot to see but you don’t really need a lot of time here (one hour is plenty). This particular trip also gave you the chance to have a group guided tour if you’d prefer that but we made our own way around.
Heraklion was much more city vibes. We didn’t actually go to the archeological museum and chose instead to go to the fortress on the Marina which was 10€, small again but some really interesting history around the fall of Crete under the Venetians to the Ottoman Empire.
Do take plenty of water as it gets quite hot walking around the dusty archeological sites and city!
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Susan_P
October 9, 2025 · via Viator
Good trip overall
Our tour guide was wonderful and picked us up on time with great communication before hand and provided interesting information along the way. Unfortunately we only had 1 1/2 hours at Knossos instead of the planned 2, which made it very rushed and needed to skip things since we did not have enough time. If we were short on time I would have preferred less time in the city. Also, you are on your own to get tickets for the archaeological museum. We needed to wait in line for 30 minutes, which if I knew in advance I would have order in advance.
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Peter R
August 23, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
It was just a great experience
It was just a great experience. Could have read more before the visit. Remember water because it's hot. The Cicaks were loud.
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Elliot p
July 3, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Knossos and Heraklion tour
Anastasia was a amazing guide very helpful it was nice to go at your own pace around Heraklion 4 hours seems plenty of time to get food chill go to the museum and some shops didn’t need to rush
The tour offers pick up and drop of but because the steeets can be tight in areas and one way systems we had to walk 5 minutes to a restaurant to be picked up witch was totally fine we had a phone call and a email to clarify pick up point (very reassuring) which was nice
Knossos palace is amazing kept us intregued the whole time. remember to bring cash I recommend 70 if your doing the museum too
Totally worth it
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Hityeuooooo
April 23, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
First Trip
First trip of the season.It was that good we have booked to go again Saturday.
Anastasia was the tour guide.
She made it fun while entertaining.
She was very knowledgeable and switched from English to German smoothly.
A very good tour.
The coach was comfortable and Kostas the driver was first class.
Highly recommend.
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838stefanh
August 19, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Great travel company, great guide, great excursion!
Great experience with Markidis, Anastasia was a dream of guide. Till the agreed time arrived on time. Useful information about the country, people and destination during the bus ride. No queuing time in Knossos, the tip to visit the museum in Heraklion was golden. Greeting from the couple to Anastasia, who was “first” on the bus at 4:28 p.m. at 4:30 p.m. departure, but was the first couple to get off at the hotel as a reward.
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Evelyn_M
June 30, 2024 · via Viator
Good trip
Good full day tour, good value. I liked that it took us direct to the sites but then we had free time at each rather than a guided tour. Sufficient time in each place. Good guide Anastasia gave plenty of information while on the bus and a good driver. Nice to be given a town plan for Heraklion. Additional entry fee for Knossos worked easily with us paying the guide and then she went to buy tickets, although a bit of a wait but probably better than queuing individually. Museum in Heraklion was fantastic too, well worth visiting.
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Safari770839
June 29, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Wonderful day trip
This trip was absolutely brilliant and well worth every penny! Our tour guide Anastasia was friendly and incredibly informative about Crete, Heraklion and Knossos, and shared some fascinating facts relating to the island's history and mythology. The trip itself was perfect in duration, and pick up and drop off was extremely well organized and located conveniently for us. Definitely recommend!
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David B
May 15, 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent well organised experience
Excellent trip, perfect timing for pick up from our hotel and really good information from our host Anastasia on route to our first stop at Knossos. She took our payments for our entry to Knossos Palace to allow us to skip to queues to purchase tickets and allow more time to explore. Knossos Palace is well worth a visit. After this a short trip to Heraklion for a four hour time slot to explore the vibrant capital of Crete. Had time for a nice lunch, explore many shops and wander around before visiting the Archeological Museum to see all the artifacts excavated from Knossos and other sites. Then a quick journey back. A really great day out.
